The Mnet TOP 100 Korean Idols has recently been announced. This is the result of a survey conducted by Mnet in collaboration with Gallup Korea* through interviews with 1500 people (70% points) and Mnet voting (30% points). Accordingly, Girls’ Generation once again proved their popularity and the love that people give them as there are 8 members in TOP 10. Especially, Yoona, Taeyeon, and Tiffany together held the top three positions, followed by Yuri (#4), Seohuyn (# 6), Jessica (# 7), Sooyoung (# 8), Sunny (# 9), and Hyoyeon (# 11).

TOP 11:

Yoona – 1000 Gallup; 337 Netizen’s Vote (700; 101)

Taeyeon – 953 Gallup; 373 Netizen’s Vote (667; 112)

Tiffany – 861 Gallup; 340 Netizen’s Vote (603; 102)

Yuri – 814 Gallup; 323 Netizen’s Vote (570; 97)

IU – 856 Gallup; 193 Netizen’s Vote (599; 58)

Seohyun – 763 Gallup; 333 Netizen’s Vote (534; 100)

Jessica – 747 Gallup; 333 Netizen’s Vote (523; 100)

Sooyoung – 734 Gallup; 313 Netizen’s Vote (514; 94)

Sunny – 669 Gallup; 320 Netizen’s Vote (468; 96)

Leeteuk – 367 Gallup; 980 Netizen’s Vote (257; 294)

Hyoyeon – 646 Gallup; 327 Netizen’s Vote (452; 98)

TOP 100:

Mnet’s News about TOP 18:

There are some significant changes in the order if we ignore the result from Mnet voting. However, the members of Girls’ Generation are still at very high positions. Besides, Girls’ Generation is the only group to have all the members in TOP 19.

TOP 13:

Yoona = 700

Taeyeon = 667

Tiffany = 603

IU = 599

Yuri = 570

Seohyun = 534

Jessica = 523

Sooyoung = 514

Jokwon = 480

Sunny = 468

Sohee = 454

Hyorin = 454

Hyoyeon = 452

According to this, Girls’ Generation is famous and loved by most age groups, confirming their ‘National Group’ title.

Interestingly, Yoona gained high positions in both charts. She is famous to people of 20 – 30 ages when she received the second biggest number of votes (by Gallup) (only after Taeyeon), moreover, she is also the most popular idol to people of 40 – 50 ages.

*Gallup Korea is a specialized research company with over 30 years of experience. It usually conducts large-scale surveys for people of various ages on issues related to entertainment, economy, and society. It has the greatest number of interviews, the highest brand awareness and the most frequently quoted by the press.

Casio has opened an official Korean website featuring Girls’ Generation and the ‘WINK’ campaign for its Baby-G watches. The website, which can be found at www.baby-g.co.kr, opens with a page that shows tiles with animated photos of each of the members. Hovering a mouse pointer over any one of the members’ photo will cause the tiles on the page to flip over to reveal a different photo of that member and her Baby-G watch. In addition, clicking on a member will open a product page with more details about the member’s watch and a larger picture, as well as a scroll bar that can be used to look through all of the members’ photos and their watches.

The website also features an event page and a page for a wallpaper and screensaver, which is scheduled to be released on September 3rd. Finally, Casio has released a new CF for the ‘WINK’ campaign and Baby-G watches featuring the photos of Girls’ Generation found on its website.

By sharing the campaign and the video through SNS (social networking sites), domestic users will get a chance to win various prizes such as an iPod Shuffle to an autographed watch.

Sr: soshified.com, allkpop.com

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For idols, it is very hard to get in this rank. Only 3 idols made it in this ranking in history: H.O.T. got #5 position in 1999 and 2000, and then G.O.D got #10 position in 2002. Then in 2009 and 2010, SNSD got #6 position and in 2011, SNSD is the first idol to get the position.

Girls’ Generation widened the gap since last year where they were first with 18.2% compared to Yoo Jaesuk’s 14.2%. The worldwide success of ‘The Boys’, the Girls’ Generation – TTS subunit, Yoona and Yuri’s drama roles, and each of the nine members helped to promote the name ‘Girls’ Generation’ to gain even more recognition within Korea and abroad as the representative of Hallyu.

Girls’ Generation’s Yoona and Lee Min Ho continue their advertising campaign for outdoor clothing brand Eider. The two recently released shots from their couple shoots for the fall-winter campaign of Eider.

Yoona and Lee Min Ho embodied the “Scent of a Couple” concept of the season’s campaign. According to reports, the two were complete professionals that enhanced their portrayal of youthful love in a romantic season. Both stylish and good-looking, Lee Min Ho and Yoona’s good attitude on set also had the on-site staff impressed.

On-site accounts also said Lee Min Ho acted out the romantic autumn season with his glittering eyes. He gently lifted his gaze to the camera, capturing the sharp profile of his nose and chin. Combined with his luxury, outdoor jacket, it created the robust and dreamy atmosphere of the fall. Meanwhile, Yoona’s orange jacket created a tough and rugged look that was previously unseen on her.

According to Eider officials, ‘Lee Min Ho and Yoona has helped raise the Eider brand, as well as understand what the brand is all about. We are determined to shoot high-quality pictorials more than ever.’

Recent reports ran by the Free North Korean Radio revealed that Girls’ Generation is one of the most popular acts amongst North Korean teens. On August 10th, the radio compared the North Korean version of Girls’ Generation called the Moranbong Band and commented that they still had a long way to go in terms of coming close to the popularity that Girls’ Generation has achieved.

The band actually underwent an extensive transformation under the direction of Kim Jung Eun and put on a groundbreaking show that involved mini-skirts and shirts that bare their shoulders.

In an interview, a Pyongyang source stated, ‘Many of the students from Kim Il Sung University and the Kim Hyung Jik College of Education know all of the member names of Girls’ Generation. Some of the students actually use the members’ names in place of their own names.’

They continued, ‘In Pyongyang, teens can be found carrying around USBs with Korean idol songs and music videos. During birthdays or big gatherings, it’s popular to put it up on a computer and follow along. Because of that, USBs have become a hot selling item.’

On July 27th, the Moranbong Band’s performance was aired on TV in an attempt to steer attention back to North Korean music, but this only fueled interest in K-Pop idols among the North Korean youth. Government agencies are ignoring this aspect of youth culture.

The source added, ‘A 4GB memory card full of Girls’ Generation performances are sold for $18, while an 8GB can go for $20~22. They are being ordered by the bulk.’

To keep in tune with the trends, stores in popular malls have begun to stock up on these USBs. ‘Just up until two years ago, songs by Na Hoon Ah, Tae Jin Ah, and Joo Hyun were the most popular, but recently, songs by Girls’ Generation, 2PM, and TVXQ are the trends. Although the songs are hard to sing along and they don’t know what the lyrics mean, the teens have fun copying the motions of it.’